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Ministries of WCD, Sports launch online training for women physical educat
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 8 (ANI): In a first-time move, Union Minister of Women and Child Development Smriti Irani and Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Kiren Rijiju jointly launched an online training programme exclusively for women physical education teachers and community coaches
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UN condemns killing of 23 people in Iran's border area of Pakistan
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], March 8 (ANI): The United Nations has said as many as 23 people were killed in Iran's Sistan Baluchistan province when authorities opened fire on fuel porters and protestors last month.
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Women-led development taking place under PM Modi's leadership, says Smriti
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 8 (ANI): Union Textiles and Women and Child Development Minister Smriti Irani on Monday said that under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the narrative has shifted from women's development to women-led development.
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Subtle discrimination against women shouldn't be encouraged in language: S
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 8 (ANI): On the occasion of International Women's Day, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitaraman on Monday said nuanced discrimination, even in language, is often accepted and not objected to, due to its subtlety. She added that language needs to be gender-sensitive a
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Are US and Turkey allies on paper only?
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Nicosia [Cyprus], March 8 (ANI): The United States and Turkey, two countries which for many years used to share the same views on geopolitics and common threats - mainly the Soviet Union and extremism- now view each other with great suspicion and take a different stand on many international
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PM Modi wishes Vasundhara Raje long and healthy life on her birthday
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 8 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday extended birthday greetings to former Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje.
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India to become Aatmanirbhar in silk production in 2 years, says Smriti I
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 8 (ANI): Union minister Smriti Irani on Sunday expressed confidence that India will become self-reliant or Aatmanirbhar in silk production in the next two years.
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British-Iranian aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe's 5-year sentence in
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
London [UK], March 8 (ANI): Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a British-Iranian charity worker who was in an Iranian jail for almost five years for alleged sedition charges, has finally had her ankle monitor removed. She now faces another trial on separate charges.
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Amid rubble in Mosul left by ISIS, Pope Francis declares hope as 'more pow
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Mosul [Iraq], March 8 (ANI): Standing amid the rubble left by the now defeated ISIS terrorists in Iraq, Pope Francis on Sunday said that hope is "more powerful than hatred and peace more powerful than war."
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On Day 2 of his Iraq visit, Pope Francis denounces extremism as 'betrayal
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], March 7 (ANI): Pope Francis, who is on a four-day historic trip to Iraq, on Saturday (local time) denounced extremism in the name of religion as "betrayals of religion" and called for friendship and cooperation between religions.
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Iraq reports 4,068 new COVID-19 cases, 723,189 in total
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], March 6 (ANI/Xinhua): The Iraqi Ministry of Health reported on Saturday 4,068 new coronavirus cases, bringing the total nationwide infections to 723,189.
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Biden extends US National Emergency, sanctions against Iran
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], March 6 (ANI): US President Joe Biden on Friday extended for another year the national emergency declared with respect to Iran in the year 1995, the White House announced.
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